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I met some Jehovah's Witnesses today, kept them on my doorstep until it started raining on them, while I was all nice and dry in my porch. I was actually a bit worse for wear, having downed several large whiskeys (single-malt, no rubbish!), but I managed to comport myself well.

Being a JW virgin, as it were, I didn't actually know the extents or limitations of their particular form of insanity and so some broad-shots at religion in general didn't hit home with quite the thunder I had envisaged.

I was quite blunt, told them I was an atheist upfront and a scientifically minded one at that. Usually I use the term agnostic to prevent door-to-door evangelists from immediately going on the defensive. But today I was busy and tipsy and in no real mood for protracted front-door debate and so they invited me to come along to their little club this weekend, to answer some more of my questions about Jehovah. Any advice people?

Sorry. I got confused. The catholics call him "saint michael, the archangel." He's sort of both things to them: a "chief" angel. The story is part of both religions and they use it in different ways. I'm not familiar with JWs.

Great comment, Kitty. I guess you have to be white to be a Jehovah's Witness. I also never knew that Jesus and Saint Michael were the same person/deity. And isn't he a catholic saint? If so, won't he burn in hell? So they're saying Jesus burns in hell? This makes less sense than usual.